08. Fillers and Discourse Markers with Valerie (transcribed)

Do you use filler words and discourse markers? Do you teach and learn them in your classroom? This is Gav & Em's discussion topic today. Featuring a very special guest, Valerie Fridland, a sociolinguist studying the interactions between language and society and the author of the hilarious and educational book Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English (Viking). In today's show, Valerie explains the uses of one of the most common filler words, like. We hope you, like, enjoy the show, Gav & Em. Transcription with audio: https://share.descript.com/view/p4KnOH8DHdB Buy Gav & Em a coffee or tea: https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpod

Valerie's book: https://www.amazon.com/Like-Literally-Dude-Arguing-English/dp/0593298322
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/language-in-the-wildh

ttps://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/valerie-fridland/

Grammar Girl Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grammar-girl-quick-and-dirty-tips-for-better-writing/id173429229

Speechling.com article: https://speechling.com/blog/15-common-english-filler-words-you-should-know/

Gav's activity based on Speechling's article:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rYcCuH753GD55x_l2DbiIVgIakPOZbNJCgDOaNsguLc/edit?usp=sharing

Auxiliary activities:

Cutting Edge, Intermediate, 1B. Three Person Snap

Cutting Edge, Pre-Intermediate, 3B. Neither do I

New English File, 2nd Edition, Upper-Intermediate, 1B. Grammar - Auxiliary verbs